A digital recording of a diesel idling would be perfect. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> In NYC in the winter time you see mountain bikes with screws protruding > from the knobbies for ice traction... > -Curt > > From: Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Can you hear my Pious now? > > No headphone, but often a wool hat over ears to fend off frostbite. > Farmer John knobby tires were all the rage on mountain bikes back then, I > could get through the snow pretty well, ice was another story. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I didn't think about bicycles in my previous reply, what you say makes > sense, especially if you had headphones in. > Still, you need to be aware of your surroundings, head on a spring and > all... > -Curt > > From: Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 9:52 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Can you hear my Pious now? > > A bicycle rider experiences wind noise and their own breathing noise that > can completely drown out any reasonably quiet vehicle. In my college days > I rode a mountain bike all over the UW Madison Wisconsin campus, and I had > to pay very close attention to the buses with engines in the rear, they > could overtake me and I wouldn't get any audibles, only visuals. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On November 15, 2016 9:41:45 AM EST, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >On my bike, riding through a parking lot, one almost ran me over as I > >was making a turn, it tried to go around me. > > > >In a rotary on my bike, one tried to go around me on the outside when I > > > >moved to go off the rotary onto another road it almost clipped me. > > > >In both cases I was in the "right" (dead right maybe, but still right) > >according to traffic law and common sense. > > > >In both cases they were going rather slowly on battery, and made > >absolutely no noticeable noise. > > > >--FT > > > > > >On 11/15/16 9:02 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > >> How can you not hear the noise a car makes on the pavement? They're > >far from silent. I don't consider myself the most observant person in > >the world but I notice when theres a car near me. Maybe I have a better > >self preservation instinct than most people... > >> -Curt > >> > >> From: Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> Cc: Floyd Thursby <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:59 AM > >> Subject: [MBZ] OT Can you hear my Pious now? > >> > >> The gummint is going to require Pioi and other electron-powered > >vehicles > >> to make enough noise so you can hear it before it runs you over. > >Having > >> had close encounters of the second kind more than once I can relate. > >> > > > >-- > >--FT > >Winston Churchill: > >“Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, > >large or petty, > >never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > >Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might > >of the enemy.” > > > > > >_____________________________ __________ > >http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ archive/ > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >http://mail.okiebenz.com/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_ okiebenz.com > ______________________________ _________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_ okiebenz.com > > > > > ______________________________ _________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/ archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/ mailman/listinfo/mercedes_ okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
